What is the mechanism of 'salting-out' or 'salting in'

Subject: What is the mechanism of 'salting-out' or 'salting in'

Date: Thu Apr 3 18:18:06 2008
Posted by Fen
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I was trying to find out the mechanism of "salting out" (i.e. What happens 
when adding salt to precipitate protein from aqueous solution). But I did not 
find the answer in the archives. The most the close answers are about protein 
denaturation. Can you give me a brief answer for "salting out" or 
maybe "salting in" mechanism?

Thank you

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